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One of the good things about facebook...

I came across this link, which took me to a site on the Time site. It has daguerreotypes of 13 men who were veterans of the Revolutionary War, beneath each is a little history of who the man was and what his role in the war was. Learning a bit about each of those men made me realize that I really did nothing of significance as a teenager. I realize that what they did as teens made it possible for me to not have to do anything important as a teen, but that doesn't assuage my thoughts that I accomplished absolutely nothing.

I only wish I had found this before today, but I guess it's still somewhat Independence Day weekend. Very, very cool.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill

The Internal Revenue Service delivered a notice of deficiency to the social media giant Wednesday for $3 billion to $5 billion, plus interest and penalties, based on the agency’s audit of Facebook’s transfer pricing, the company said in a regulatory filing Thursday. Facebook, which plans to challenge the notice in federal tax court, said its balance sheet could suffer if it’s held liable.

"Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied

Yes, but not complicated in that FB just didn't pay billions upon billions in taxes. There's an interpretation here that is wrong eihter on the IRS side or on the FB side.

"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

So far as I'm aware, the only Silicon Valley leader who has announced for Trump is Peter Thiel, which confounded many in these parts. Even conservative Valley types like Meg Whitman and Marc Andreessen have come out strongly against Drumpf. The COO endorsing Hillary is, despite the faint whiff of impropriety, is clearly in the news category of "dog bites man."

So far as I'm aware, the only Silicon Valley leader who has announced for Trump is Peter Thiel, which confounded many in these parts. Even conservative Valley types like Meg Whitman and Marc Andreessen have come out strongly against Drumpf. The COO endorsing Hillary is, despite the faint whiff of impropriety, is clearly in the news category of "dog bites man."

Americans say Facebook is worse for society than Walmart or McDonald's

Walmart and McDonald's may have negative effects on society, according to a new survey of 2,000 Americans, but Facebook beats them both.

Conducted by the research company Honest Data, the survey asked people to single out from a list of companies which ones they felt had the worst impacts on society. The companies included Marlboro, Walmart, Facebook, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola.

Facebook fit that criteria for 27% of respondents, coming in second behind Marlboro, which 43% of people said had negative effects. McDonald's and Walmart came in at 21% and 18%, respectively, while 36% of people said "None of the above."
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"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

Facebook stock drops after reports of FTC probe and UK summons of Zuckerberg in data scandal

The probes follow a weekend of turmoil for Facebook after reports that Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data of more than 50 million users.

Shares of Facebook fell as much as 5 percent Tuesday, after falling as much as 8 percent on Monday.

UK officials are also investigating the alleged mishandling of data.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether the use of personal data from 50 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica violated a consent decree the tech company signed with the agency in 2011, Bloomberg reported Monday.

The probe follows a weekend of turmoil for the social media giant. Reports this weekend said the research firm improperly gained access to the data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

"We are aware of the issues that have been raised but cannot comment on whether we are investigating. We take any allegations of violations of our consent decrees very seriously as we did in 2012 in a privacy case involving Google," a spokesman for the FTC said Tuesday.

Facebook said Tuesday it expected to receive a letter from the FTC with questions, but has not been informed of a formal probe.

A violation of the consent decree could carry a penalty of $40,000 per violation, which could mean a fine conservatively estimated to be "many millions of dollars in fines" for Facebook, The Washington Post reported over the weekend, citing a former FTC official.
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"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

On November 25, 2013, Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment for defendant Apple, Inc., dismissing claims by a class of plaintiffs claiming that they had detrimentally relied on Apple's misrepresentations to purchase and use their iPhones and other devices in violation of California consumer protection laws.1 After nearly three years of litigation, Judge Koh ultimately determined that the plaintiffs lacked standing to pursue their claims because they did not establish a genuine issue of material fact that they "actually relied" on Apple's statements that it had adhered to the company privacy policy.2
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"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

I guess you missed the point that Suckerberg admitted to censoring a certain type of speech, making it a non-neutral platform, which may imply that Facebook may not be entitled to immunity under the law... Oh well, Facebook sucked anyway.

"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

I guess you missed the point that Suckerberg admitted to censoring a certain type of speech, making it a non-neutral platform, which may imply that Facebook may not be entitled to immunity under the law... Oh well, Facebook sucked anyway.

Yeah, I did miss that, because I'm pretty sure he didn't say any of that.

Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American